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B.B. King's Live in Cook County Jail album features a live recording of a concert that he performed for the jail's inmates on September 10, 1970. A live album Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail featuring performances by jazz musicians Jimmy McGriff and Lucky Thompson was released on the Groove Merchant label in 1973)
Greene County Work Camp: 7 – Low Minimum: 158 Pittsfield Work Camp: 7 – Low Minimum: 267 Southwestern Illinois Work Camp: 7 – Low Minimum: 100 Stateville Minimum Security Unit: 7 – Low Minimum: 185 Crossroads Adult Transition Center: 8 – Transitional: 364 Fox Valley Adult Transition Center: 8 – Transitional: 130 North Lawndale Adult ...
MCC Chicago was designed by architect Harry Weese. Construction began in 1971 and the facility opened in 1975. The building is a right triangle shape, is 28 stories high, and has a rooftop exercise yard. [3] Several features make MCC Chicago's design unique from other federal prison facilities.
The Northern Reception Center (NRC), accepts incoming prisoners from the county jails in the northern two-thirds of the state. [ citation needed ] Stateville is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Joliet, Illinois (16830 IL Route 53 Crest Hill, IL 60403; (815) 727-3607), on a site of over 2,200 acres (8.9 km 2 ), of which 64 acres (26 ha) are ...
At least 60 incarcerated people have died in Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the U.S., since 2017, according to the jail’s data. For Cook County officials, these numbers ...
It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 9, 1993. [4] In 1929, the Criminal Courts left the 54 West Hubbard Street location as did the Cook County Jail, and the building was then occupied by the Chicago Board of Health and other city agencies. After poor alterations and years of neglect, the building was acquired by a private developer ...
A four-story Major Block 1 building, designed by T. V. Widskier, sat on this location until the Great Chicago Fire. After the fire, this was replaced with the Major Block 2, which eventually became known as the Roanoke Building. Major Block 2 stood from 1872 to 1912 as a seven-story building on spread foundations. It was designed by Dixon ...
Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois.The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3.